mano

An assembler and emulator library for the Mano Machine RISC CPU, as described in "Computer System Architecture" by M. Morris Mano. Available on crates.io

See github.com/husmus00/mano-rs for examples of CLI, TUI, and web-based applications built using this library.

Features

• Assembler: Compiles Mano assembly language to machine code
• CPU Emulator: Executes assembled programs instruction by instruction
• State Inspection: Access CPU registers and memory at any point
• Message System: Collect informational, debug, and error messages during execution

Installation

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
mano = "0.1"

Quick Start

Building a basic emulator requires only three methods: prime(), tick(), and get_state().

use mano::{Machine, Messages};

fn main() {
    let program = vec![
        "ORG 0".to_string(),
        "LDA A".to_string(),
        "ADD B".to_string(),
        "STA C".to_string(),
        "HLT".to_string(),
        "A, DEC 5".to_string(),
        "B, DEC 10".to_string(),
        "C, DEC 0".to_string(),
        "END".to_string(),
    ];

    let mut machine = Machine::new();

    // prime() - Assemble and load the program
    let messages = machine.prime(program);
    if messages.has_errors() {
        eprintln!("Assembly failed");
        return;
    }

    // tick() - Execute one instruction at a time
    let mut run_messages = Messages::new();
    while !machine.is_halted() {
        machine.tick(&mut run_messages);
    }

    // get_state() - Inspect CPU registers and memory
    let state = machine.get_state();
    println!("Program Counter: {:04X}", state.program_counter);
    println!("Accumulator: {:04X}", state.accumulator);
    println!("First 8 memory words: {:04X?}", &state.memory_snapshot[..8]);
}

API Overview

Machine

• Machine::new() - Create a new machine
• prime(program: Vec<String>) -> Messages - Assemble and load program
• tick(messages: &mut Messages) - Execute one instruction cycle
• is_halted() -> bool - Check if CPU is halted
• get_state() -> MachineState - Get current CPU and memory state
• get_assembled_program() -> &[String] - Get assembled hex code

Messages

• Messages::new() - Create message container
• has_errors() -> bool - Check for error messages
• info(message: &str) - Add info message
• debug(message: &str) - Add debug message
• error(message: &str) - Add error message

MachineState

Contains CPU registers and memory snapshot:

• program_counter, accumulator, instruction_register
• address_register, data_register, extend_register
• sequence_counter, is_halted, is_running
• memory_snapshot - First 32 words of memory

Supported Instructions

Memory-Reference: AND, ADD, LDA, STA, BUN, BSA, ISZ

Register-Reference: CLA, CLE, CMA, CME, CIR, CIL, INC, SPA, SNA, SZA, SZE, HLT

Input-Output: INP, OUT, SKI, SKO, ION, IOF

Pseudo-Instructions: ORG, DEC, HEX, END

Notes

Input functionality is planned but not yet provided.

License

Licensed under the MIT License.

References

"Computer System Architecture" by M. Morris Mano (3rd Edition).